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enThe big idea for change: bamboo as grasshttp://cseindia.org/content/big-idea-change-bamboo-grass
<p>&ldquo;Stroke of the pen&rdquo; reform is critical as in many cases policy is dastardly and change is laggardly. The essential element is to find that big-ticket item that can have impact on a scale and at a pace that is needed. I believe Union environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh&rsquo;s letter addressed to all chief ministers clarifying that bamboo is indeed a grass and not timber, is such an item.</p>
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